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Life is difficult... really very little
more than an endless series of problems. Do we want to moan and groan about
them or face them? Do we want to teach the next generation the disciplines
involved in accepting and solving them or encourage them to run and hide from
them?
I appreciate and agree with M. Scott Peck, M.D. who wrote "it is in this whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has meaning. Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed they create our courage and our wisdom. |
It is only because of problems that
we grow mentally and spiritually... It is through the pain of confronting
and resolving problems that we learn."
Fearing the pain involved, almost all of us attempt to avoid problems. We procrastinate, forget them, and pretend they do not exist. Our determination to push pain away instead of meeting it head on creates a vicious circle. Could this explain why God's wisest saints are often people who endure pain rather than escape it? Like their Savior, they are men and women "acquainted with grief." |
I recall that Jesus
"learned obedience from the things which He suffered" (Heb 5:8), not in spite
of those things. Do you have a problem? If you listen to the voices
around you, you'll search for a substitute - an escape route. You'll miss
the fact that each one of those problems is a God-appointed instructor ready
to stretch you and challenge you and deepen your walk with Him. Growth and wisdom await you at the solution of each one, the pain and mess notwithstanding. So go into a partnership with the Son to help solve your problems. |